But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,
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- KJV Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
- BSB But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
- NKJV Yet I have sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this respect, that, as I said, you may be ready;
- NASB But I have sent the brothers, in order that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this case, so that, as I was saying, you will be prepared;
- NLT But I am sending these brothers to be sure you really are ready, as I have been telling them, and that your money is all collected. I don’t want to be wrong in my boasting about you.
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- 2 Cor 8:6So we urged Titus, that as he had made a beginning before, so he would also complete in you this grace.
- 2 Cor 9:4–5so that I won’t by any means, if anyone from Macedonia comes there with me and finds you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting.
- 1 Cor 16:1–4Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise.
- 2 Cor 7:14For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
- Titus 3:1Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
- 2 Cor 8:17–24For he indeed accepted our exhortation, but being himself very earnest, he went out to you of his own accord.
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